ϳԹ Events Archive

ASEAN Matters with Ambassador Michael Michalak

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson 317

Ambassador Mike Michalak will explain ASEAN and why it is an increasingly important partner for US economics and trade, as well as for the growth of the Indo-Pacific region.

Center for Environmental Politics, The Duck Family Colloquium Series: “Economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining in Ecuador”

Friday, May 10, 2024

Noon

Gowan Hall 1A

Associate Professor Mahelet Fikru from the Missouri University of Science and Technology speaks on the “Economic and Environmental Impacts of Mining in Ecuador.”

Kollar Lecture in American Art: Jennifer Greenhill

Thursday, May 9, 2024

6 p.m.

Henry Art Gallery Auditorium

Join Jennifer Greenhill at the University of Arkansas, for her lecture Imagination Made Material: The Commercial Infrastructures of Lejaren à Hiller and Douglas Leigh.

The Republican Moment: New Perspectives on South Vietnam & the Vietnamese Diaspora

Thursday, May 9, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Communications 202

This event introduces the latest research on South Vietnamese politics, culture, and society, offering a fresh way to understand the young republic and the people who built it.

Film Screening – Ukrainians in Exile

Thursday, May 9, 2024

5 p.m.

Allen Library Auditorium

Join the Jackson School for a film screening and Q&A with Janek Ambros, the director and producer of the documentary “Ukrayintsi u Vyhnanni” (Ukrainians In Exile).

Opening the Infrared Treasure Chest with JWST

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

7:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Livestream, Room 130

Dr. John C. Mather show how the Webb was built, why study infrared, and the most exciting current discoveries.

2024 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture: Melayu Malay — Mystery Miracle

Monday, May 6, 2024

5:30 p.m.

Kane Hall, Room 225

The Department of Asian Languages & Literature’s 2024 Andrew L. Markus Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Hendrik Maier of the University of California Riverside.

Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics – Phillip Ayoub, University College London

Friday, May 3, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Gowen Hall 1A

Join the department for a talk and discussion with Phillip Ayoub, Professor at University College London, and political science graduate student discussant Jana Foxe.

Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, and Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia

Thursday, May 2, 2024

3:30 p.m.

Thomson Hall 317

What did it mean to be Hindu, Muslim, or Untouchable in pre-colonial India?

Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States

Thursday, May 2, 2024

6 p.m.

HUB 214

In Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Divergent States, Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel explain how over Russia and Ukraine diverged politically in the past thirty years.